Permafrost in Europe’s Mountains Warmed by More Than 1°C Per Decade

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Nature Communications, 10 December 2024 Mountain permafrost makes up 30% of global permafrost area, and helps preserve the stability of…

Following a High Emissions Pathway Could Double Antarctic Freshwater Release into the Ocean by 2100

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Geophysical Research Letters, 8 December 2024 Melting Antarctic ice releases freshwater into the Southern Ocean, with profound impacts on regional…

COP29 Video of the Week: “Slow Onset, High Impact: What Permafrost Means for the Global 1.5°C Target”

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Critical ecosystem stability thresholds are already being crossed in permafrost regions today. These growing impacts will worsen and grow more…

First Ice-free Day in Arctic Ocean will Occur with Multiple Compounding Events: Earliest within 3 Years but 7-20 Years Most Likely

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Nature Communications, 3 December 2024 This new study used a range of climate models to predict when we could see…

COP29 Kryosfärpaviljongens material och inspelningar av sidoevenemang

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All side events held at the COP29 Cryosphere Pavilion were livestreamed and saved to ICCI's YouTube channel. They are organized…

Stigningen av den globala havsnivån har fördubblats under de senaste 30 åren

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Communications Earth & Environment, 17 October 2024 Satellite observations show that the average rate of sea-level rise worldwide has doubled…

Andinska glaciärförluster kopplade till El Niño

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The Cryosphere, 8 October 2024 Researchers have linked El Niño events to loss of glacier ice and snow in the Peruvian Andes,…

High Emissions May Result in 40m Committed Sea-level Rise from Antarctica over Millennia: Need for Stronger NDCs Today

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The Cryosphere, 25 September 2024 Most projections of future sea-level rise deal with timescales of decades (2100), or occasionally to…

NYC Climate Week Video: “Beyond the Ice: The Worldwide Impacts of Arctic Extremes”

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Preceding the UNGA high-level General Debate on Sept. 24, this side event brought together cryosphere science and policy voices to…

Worsening Fractures in the Greenland Ice Sheet Could Increase Future Sea Level Rise

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The Cryosphere, 5 September 2024 Deep fractures in the Greenland Ice Sheet are less likely to refreeze and close at…

Cryosphere Video of the Week: “Understanding the History of the Greenland Ice Sheet”

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Dr. Paul Bierman, Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Vermont, summarized his recent paper on ancient soil remains…

Today’s Policies Determine the Rate of Sea Level Rise from Antarctica: Improved Ice Loss Projections Over Coming Centuries

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Earth's Future, 4 September 2024 An updated model comparison experiment (ISMIP6 Antarctica 2300) has provided the first multi-model and multi-century…

Adaptation Plans for Coastal Cities Inadequate in Face of Increasing Cryosphere Loss

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Nature Cities, 26 August 2024 Current measures taken by most coastal cities to adapt to climate change, especially in light…

Two Reports Launched on Sea Level Rise, Coastal Flooding and Climate Urgency

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United Nations and WMO, 26 August 2024 In Tonga, UN Secretary-General António Guterres released a special briefing on sea-level rise…

COP27 Video of the Week: “Slow Onset, Irreversible Events Beyond Adaptation: Global Stocktake, Implementation and 1.5° Ambition” with Florence Colleoni

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Global impacts, especially loss and damage, from cryosphere feedbacks will be largely permanent on human timescales, beyond adaptation limits for…